On Monday 2003 November 10 21:38, Han Maenen wrote:
> Jeans are sized by the inch (alas) in Germany and elsewhere, because they
> are from American origin )Levies); other trousers are not. Clothing sizes
> are a mess
> anyway. We are still waiting for sensible ISO standards for sizing
> clothing, that should ban the inch once and for all for all types of
> garments. Legally nothing can be done against it, as these are not units
> used for trade, but used as a size. lets hope for 2010.

See http://www.bsi.org.uk/News/Releases/2003/October/n3f9953e58c3df.xalter


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Chris KEENAN
UK Metric Assoc: www.metric.org.uk

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